Necktie-retainer.



F. ROSE.

NECKTIE RETAINER.

- APPLICATION FILED MAY 2s. 19!].

Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

an uem io'a FRANK ROSE, OF IPAVA, ILLINOIS.

NECK'IIE-RETAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented Mar. 26, 1918.

Application filed May 26, 1917; Serial No. 171,119.

Improvements in Necktie Retainers, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention has for an aim to providea. means for supporting cravatsand neckties in proper position upon a collar, without requiring theties to be tightly tled upon the neck of the wearer. In the use of theordlnary four-in-hand ties, for instance, it is usually necessary todraw the tie up on the collar so tightly that the neck of the wearer isoften. uncomfortable, in order to prevent the tie from setting so fardown upon the collar as to give an untidy elfect. It is an aim of theinvention therefore, to give a Simple construction of support for suchties, as well as various other forms of ties, which will hold them inproper position upon the collar without requiring to be drawn up tight.An important aim is to give such a device which may be supported uponthe collar button. A further aim is to enable the formation of such adevice from wire in an extremely small and cheap form, whereby it willbe inconspicuous, light and durable.

A further aim is to give such an appliance which may be quickly attachedto or removed from the collar button without necessitating thedisengagement of the collar button from the collar or neck band of thewearer.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention will appearfrom the disclosure herein of one of the possible embodiments of theinvention, in the illustrations of which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a collar as worn, having my inventionapplied thereto,

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of my invention detached,

Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof,

Fig. 4 is a front elevation thereof,

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a collar having the invention appliedthereto,

Fig. 6 is a detail view of one of the points of the device.

There is illustrated a collar 10 which may be of any of the usual formsadapted to e secured upon the neck of the wearer by means of a collarbutton 11 engaged through the collar band 12 of a shirt, as

illustrated in Figs. 1 and 5. A tie 13 is indicated in dotted lines inFigs. 1 and 5, in the usual position in which it is desired to maintain.ordinarily, being supported so by means of a holder 14 comprising myinvention. In the present instance, the holder is formed from wire ofsuitable thickness, in practice being number 16 B. & S. gage hard steelwire, in order that the device may hold a sharp point satisfactorily,and also be resilient in the desired degree. It is ordinarily formedfrom a small section of the wire in the neighborhood of one inch inlength, bent at its middle portion into a partly circular eye portion15, the outer parts then being recurved and extended divergently fromeach other as at 16, the proximal side portion of the wire lying inclose spaced relation to form a throat passage 17 through which the stemof a collar button may readily pass when presented between the outerparts of the wire and forced inwardly toward the eye 15. A shortdistance from the throat the end portions of the wire are extended inparallel relation and bent outwardly in a common direction to formparallel hooks 18, the points 19 of which extend outwardly from thedevice approximately at an an le of 45 degrees to the plane of theportions 15 and 16. The outwardly turned portions of the hooks beginpreferably very close to the throat 17, so that the outer parts 19 ofthe wire immediately adjacent the throat comprise the shanks of thehooks, and in this way it is made possible to locate the hook membersvery close to the head 20 of the collar button at the outer side. Y

The device may be made larger or smaller than the proportions indicatedas found desirable, to accommodate it to the uses intended, and variousother changes may be made within the scope of the invention, as will beunderstood. It is thought desirable to form the points of the pins asillustrated in detail in Fig. 6, in which the material of the wire atits extremities is represented as having been flattened and the pointsformed by suitably cutting the wire on lines diverging from the end ofthe wire inwardly, so as to form a spear-like head 21 which, is of asufficiently small size so that it may be readily forced into the fabricof a tie without damage thereto and yet owing to its peculiar shape willtend to hold its place in the fabric and prevent casual disengagement ofa tie therefrom. By cutting the edges 22 of the point close to the pointof beginning of the flattening of the wire, and V by flattening the wireover but a short distance, the flat surfaces diverging inwardly, thenecessary transverse enlargement of the head is obtained.

In the formation of the device it is of course desirable to form thepoints before the bending of the wire to the form otherwise described.

In use, the collar is secured upon the neck of the wearer in thecustomary manner, the collar buttons 11 and 11 being adjusted in placeat the front and back. The support let is then presented over the button11, with the eye portion 15 at the upper part, and moved dowmvardly thehook element 18 being passed upon opposite sides of the head 20 of thebutton, and the back side of the support being held flatly against thecollar so that the portion 16 will engage beneath the head 20 and thestem of the button passed into the throat 17. The throat I? ispreferably smaller than the stem, so that.

some force is required to press the device into final position with thestem of the button engaged in the eye 15, into which position it willpass as soon as the portion 16' passes beyond the center of the button.The device will thus be held yieldably against detachment withsufiicient force to prevent its accidental disengagement. The necktie 13which may havebeen previously adjusted under the collar as usual, incase a turndown collar is employed, is tied in any of the customary.knots, and the knot, after being adjusted centrally of the front partof the collar is moved slightly above the final position in which it isdesired to retain it,

and then pressed inwardly'toward the neck ofthe wearer and moveddownwardly until the points, 18 properly engage in the fabric of thetie, which will then be supported whether the knot becomes loosened ornot.

It Will be seen that a very simple and efficient device for the purposesintended is provided, and liable in aminimurn degree to derangement andadapted to be manipulated readily.

What is claimed:

i A device of the character described, comprising a portion of wirehaving a central portion bent into partly annular shape to form an eye,and having its end portions bent divergently therefrom to form a throatopening into the eye, the outer end portions of the wire being bentoutwardly in a com mon cllrectlon, belng fla tened ove a 1111 iteddistance to form lateral enlargements, and being cut to form points inthe outer parts of the enlarged portions for the purposes described.

In testlmony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK oss. Witnesses FRED C. SMITH, A. V. GLEAVELIN.

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Washington, D. C.

